Riders are ridin’ high after a day of Western classes

It’s not just skill that wins horsemanship classes but also practice and memorization. Nobody may know that better this year than Alissa Bartholomew. Bartholomew won Western Horsemanship Champion Tuesday afternoon at the Crawford County Fair. She beat out other winners from various Western Horsemanship classes.

Riders performed various patterns for the classes and are judged on their precision and smoothness throughout the pattern and on rail work.

“I’ve worked on a lot of patterns,” Bartholomew said to prepare for Tuesday’s horsemanship classes. “They’re kind of hard.”

Below is a list of winners from Tuesday’s classes:

Western Showmanship Horse 14-18 years: 1^st Sidney Long, 2^nd Riley Erwin, 3^rd Alissa Bartholomew, 4^th Austin Burton, 5^th Carli Fogle, 6^th Hannah Crabtree

Western Showmanship Horse 9-13 years: 1^st Chloe Carman, 2^nd Katie Ruffener, 3^rd Clint Erwin, 4^th Tristen Lowe, 5^th Alyssa Detillion

Western Showmanship Pony 9-18 years: 1^st Riley Erwin, 2^nd Emma Studer, 3^rd Nolan Mckibben

Western Showmanship 1^st year member 9-18 years: 1^st Clint Erwin, 2^nd Alyssa Detillion, 3^rd Tristen Lowe, 4^th Katie Ruffener, 5^th Nolan Mckibben

Western Showmanship Championship: Grand Chloe Carman, Reserve Sidney Long

Western Horsemanship Horse 14-18 years: 1^st Riley Erwin, 2^nd Alissa Bartholomew, 3^rd Sidney Long, 4^th Carli Fogle, 5^th Hannah Crabtree

Western Horsemanship Horse 9-13 years: 1^st Chloe Carman, 2^nd Grace Murphy, 3^rd Emma Studer

Western Horsemanship Pony 9-18 years: 1^st Emma Studer

Western Horsemanship 1^st year member 9-18 years: 1^st Hannah Crabtree

Western Horsemanship Walk-Trot 9-18 years: 1^st Katie Ruffener, 2^nd Clint Erwin, 3^rd Tristen Lowe, 4^th Alyssa Detillion, 5^th Bailey Wallace

Western Horsemanship Championship: Grand Alissa Bartholomew, Reserve Chloe Carman